Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- A List of Editors and Contributors -- The new politics of race and gender -- Cutting across race and gender -- Categorical wars: Zero-sum politics and school finance -- Accountability, invisibility and the politics of numbers: School report cards and race -- Race, ideology and the battle over curriculum -- The micro-politics of student voices: Moving from diversity of bodies to diversity of voices in schools -- Business involvement in school reform: The rise of the Business Roundtable -- Issues of race in the midst of reform -- Democratic politics and school improvement: The potential of Chicago school reform -- Do African American males need race and gender segregated education?: An educator's perspective and a legal perspective -- Community politics and the education of African American males: Whose life is it anyway? -- Creating an irresponsible school choice program -- Is there a new politics of gender? -- Politicizing executive action: The case of Hispanic female superintendents -- Politics of denial: Gender and race issues in administration -- The feminization of the principalship in Israel: The trade-off between political power and cooperative leadership -- What's working for girls?: The reception of gender equity policy in two Australian schools -- Summary, reaction and critique -- Index.